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Objective To investigate the causes and treatment measures of an outbreak of Norwegian scabies oc-curred in a hospital.Methods In May 2013,an outbreak of Norwegian scabies among health care workers(HCWs) occurred because of the misdiagnosis of a patient with Norwegian scabies,epidemiological investigation was carried out by healthcare-associated infection(HAI)control department,medical intervention and disinfection and isolation measures were performed.Results A total of 27 HCWs and patients’relatives developed Norwegian scabies.After active medical treatment,patients’condition improved;all appliances used by patients were cleaned and disinfected after being wrapped and sealed with plastic bags for one week.Epidemic trend of infection was under control and no new case was found.Conclusion With highly contagious,Norwegian scabies can be spread in local area,it is neces-sary to improve HCWs’diagnostic ability to this disease and take effective measures to prevent the epidemic once HAI occur.
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Objective To assess the prevalence of hand hygiene compliance rates of health care workers (HCWs) at general hospitals in China in 2010-2012. Methods Literatures about hand hygiene compliance of HCWs from 2010 to 2012 were retrieved from China Biology Medicine disc (CBM),China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI),Wan Fang database,VIP ,and PubMed database ,Comprehensive Meta Analysis V2 software and Stata 1 2 .0 software were adopted to conduct statistical analysis . Results Ninety literatures were selected with heterogeneity (Q= 48 118.32,P0.05);the compliance rate after patient contact was higher than before patient contact (54.33% [95% CI :44.76% -63.59% ]vs 20.21% [95% CI:14.12% -28.06% ])(Q= 32.59, P<0.01 );hand compliance rate from field observation was higher than from covert observation (70.91% [95% CI :70.71% - 71.10% ]vs 41.20% [95% CI:37.55% -44.94% ])(Q= 247.66,P<0.01).Conclusion The overall hand hygiene compliance rate of HCWs in 2010-2012 was low,in order to reduce the risk of healthcare-associated infec-tion,hand hygiene compliance of HCWs need to be increased .
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Objective To investigate the effect of exercise on the recovery of locomotor and neurological function in rats after incomplete spinal cord injury (SCI). Methods Ninety-five male Sprague Dawley rats were randomly divided into a control group, a training group (including subgroups which received training for 1 week, 2 weeks, 3 weeks and 4 weeks) and a sham operation group. The control and training groups were administered an SCI model at the T_(10) level by extradural compression using a modified Allen's stall with a damage energy of 40 g-cm. These rats were loosely restrained and given partial weight-bearing treadmill training 5min/time, twice a day for 1-4 weeks. Locomotor and neurological function were evaluated with inclined plane tests, modified Tarlov scores, the Basso-Beattie-Bresnahan scale and spinal cord somatosensory evoked potential (SCSEP) before injury and at different time points thereafter. Results Locomotor function improved significantly at different time points during the train-ing, and significantly better than in the control group. In the rats trained for 2-4 weeks, SCSEP latency shortened sig-nificantly compared to the control group. The latency shortened gradually with longer exercise. Conclusions Exer-cise with partial weight support may improve locomotor and neurological function. The improvements are correlated closely with the duration of the training.